(1) A material or departmental train, track maintenance machine, tower wagon, rail-cum-road vehicle shall not be stabled on a running line at a station, except in unavoidable circumstances.
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(2) When a material or departmental train is stabled at a station, it shall be protected and the station master on duty shall ensure that,-
(a) the vehicles of the material or departmental train have been properly secured and are not fouling any points or crossings;
(b) all necessary points have been set against the line on which the material or departmental train, track maintenance machine, tower wagon, or rail-cum-road vehicle is stabled and such points have been secured with clamps or cotter bolts and are locked; and
(c) the keys of such locks are kept in his personal custody until the material or departmental train, track maintenance machine, tower wagon, or rail-cum-road vehicle is ready to leave the siding or line.
(3) The official incharge of the material or departmental train, track maintenance machine, tower wagon, or rail-cum-road vehicle shall not relinquish the charge until he has satisfied himself that the train has been protected as prescribed in these rules.
I - Private Locomotives and Vehicles